Goodbye to Berlin
$23.80
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
31 March 1997
Summary
‘The best prose writer in English’ Gore Vidal
As Cabaret returns to the West End, revisit the KitKat Club in the book that introduced Sally Bowles to the world.
Set in the 1930s, Goodbye to Berlin is the novella that inspired Cabaret, evoking the glamour and sleaze, excess and repression of Berlin society. Isherwood shows the lives of people under threat from the rise of the Nazis—a wealthy Jewish heiress, Natalia Landauer, a gay couple, Peter and Ot…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780749390549 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0749390549 |
| Author: | Christopher Isherwood |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 1997 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Critics Review
“Brilliant sketches of a society in decay.” – George Orwell From the Paperback edition.
A brilliant semi-autobiographical account of early 1930’s Berlin. * Lonely Planet Magazine *
A great talent * Guardian *
Isherwood is a master of the emotionally cathartic moment, funny and perspicacious * Evening Standard *
A masterpiece * The Economist *
[A] reminder of a bygone era, powerfully capturing the energy and sleaze of Weimar-era Berlin * Independent *
About The Author
Christopher Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904 and moved to America where he took up formal citizenship in 1946. His many famous works include Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin.
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